Figures of the Church

+ A House for God

1 Timothy 3:5

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

1 Timothy 3:15

if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church  of the living God,  the pillar and foundation of the truth.

+ A Body for Christ – To supply

Ephesians 1:23

which is his body,  the fullness of him  who fills everything in every way.

+ A Temple for Spirit – To indwell

Ephesians 2:18-22

For through him we both have access  to the Father  by one Spirit.

    Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,  but fellow citizens  with God’s people and also members of his household,    built  on the foundation  of the apostles and prophets,  with Christ Jesus himself  as the chief cornerstone.    In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple  in the Lord.   And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

+ A Lampstand in Glory

Ephesians 5:27

and to present her to himself  as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

Jude 1:24

To him who is able  to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence  without fault  and with great joy

[Message No: 6293]